Meet Erin Flynn: a senior at Fordham College at Rose Hill and an Irish step dancer since she was four years old.

In this video, she dances her way across campus, from Keating Hall to the University Church to Jack Coffey Field, in two types of shoes. She narrates her lifelong journey in step dancing and how she found her “family” at Fordham. This summer, Flynn plans on flying to Dublin to audition for Riverdance, a touring theatrical show that travels across the world. 

“I’m Irish, and my entire family is, too, so I always grew up with the music,” Flynn said. “Just the violins and the flute … and feeling the heat of the lights on stage … being in that moment and doing something that’s a little different than any other kinds of dance, that feeling in particular is what I love so much about it.”

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Taylor is a 2018 graduate of the Stony Brook University School of Communication and Journalism, where she was valedictorian of her class and garnered several awards for her reporting and writing. Now she is a senior staff writer and videographer in Fordham University's news and media relations bureau, where she writes stories; shoots photos of people and events; and films, edits, and produces short-form videos. She earned her master's degree in public media from Fordham in August 2020. Her work has appeared on NPR, NBC New York, and amNewYork METRO.